2 Kings 5:14

World English Bible (2000)

Then went he down, and dipped [himself] seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֗רֶד וַיִּטְבֹּ֤ל בַּיַּרְדֵּן֙ שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֔ים כִּדְבַ֖ר אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיָּ֣שָׁב בְּשָׂר֗וֹ כִּבְשַׂ֛ר נַ֥עַר קָטֹ֖ן וַיִּטְהָֽר׃

Transliteration

wa-yēred wa-yiṭbōl ba-Yardēn šeḇaʿ pəʿāmîm ki-dḇar ʾîš hā-ʾĕlōhîm wa-yāšāḇ bəśārô ki-ḇśar naʿar qāṭōn wa-yiṭhār

Grammar Details

• *wa-yēred*: conjunction with qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he went down
• *wa-yiṭbōl*: conjunction with qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he dipped
• *ba-Yardēn*: preposition with definite article and proper noun - in the Jordan
• *šeḇaʿ*: number, feminine - seven
• *pəʿāmîm*: noun, feminine plural - times
• *ki-dḇar*: preposition with noun, masculine singular construct - according to word of
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular construct - man of
• *hā-ʾĕlōhîm*: definite article with noun, masculine plural - the God (the man of God)
• *wa-yāšāḇ*: conjunction with qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it returned
• *bəśārô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his flesh
• *ki-ḇśar*: preposition with noun, masculine singular construct - like flesh of
• *naʿar*: noun, masculine singular - young boy
• *qāṭōn*: adjective, masculine singular - small/young
• *wa-yiṭhār*: conjunction with qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he was clean

Word Meanings

• *yiṭbōl*: dipped/immersed
• *wa-yāšāḇ bəśārô*: his flesh returned/was restored
• *ki-ḇśar naʿar qāṭōn*: like the flesh of a little child/like the skin of a young boy

Referenced Verses

• Job 33:25 : 25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's. He returns to the days of his youth.
• Luke 4:27 : 27 There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed, except Naaman, the Syrian."
• 2 Kgs 5:10 : 10 Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, "Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean."
• Luke 5:13 : 13 He stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to. Be made clean." Immediately the leprosy left him.
• John 2:5 : 5 His mother said to the servants, "Whatever he says to you, do it."
• Titus 2:14 : 14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
• Heb 11:7-8 : 7 By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. 8 By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.
• Prov 9:9 : 9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
• Prov 25:11-12 : 11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. 12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.
• Ezek 47:1-9 : 1 He brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward; (for the forefront of the house was toward the east;) and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, on the south of the altar. 2 Then he brought me out by the way of the gate northward, and led me round by the way outside to the outer gate, by the way of [the gate] that looks toward the east; and behold, there ran out waters on the right side. 3 When the man went forth eastward with the line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the ankles. 4 Again he measured one thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the knees. Again he measured one thousand, and caused me to pass through [the waters], waters that were to the waist. 5 Afterward he measured one thousand; [and it was] a river that I could not pass through; for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through. 6 He said to me, Son of man, have you seen [this]? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the bank of the river. 7 Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8 Then he said to me, These waters issue forth toward the eastern region, and shall go down into the Arabah; and they shall go toward the sea; into the sea [shall the waters go] which were made to issue forth; and the waters shall be healed. 9 It shall happen, that every living creature which swarms, in every place where the rivers come, shall live; and there shall be a very great multitude of fish; for these waters are come there, and [the waters of the sea] shall be healed, and everything shall live wherever the river comes.
• Zech 13:1 : 1 "In that day there will be a spring opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
• Zech 14:8 : 8 It will happen in that day, that living waters will go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea; in summer and in winter will it be.
• 2 Chr 20:20 : 20 They rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you shall be established! Believe his prophets, so you shall prosper."
• Job 31:13 : 13 "If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;